Tip OneThe very courteous fellow to the right has a couple of nice links for you today.
First up is an interesting version of a technique I have not tried as yet, Snow Dying! There's a good reason for that.....no snow.
Uta Link is an artist who lives in Germany and I believe they may have the snow we are missing. I met Uta at the opening reception for Color Improvisations which was held in Stuttgart, Germany. Uta has two works in that show and she maintains an active blog titled Just Quilts.
You can drop by her blog and find a couple of articles on her snow dying process but I want to refer specifically to her description pf Ice Dying. We do have ice here in South Carolina and when it's a little warmer I plan to try this interesting technique. From her examples I'd have to say it produces some beautiful fabrics.
These are examples of ice-dying from Uta. Be sure and check out her sales site, Just Colors. She has just posted information regarding international sales.
Tip Two
In the future, newspaper may will be considered a luxury material but for now it's still fairly common and still finds it's way into the bottom of birdcages and wrapped around fish at some markets. However, if you'd like to see a more creative transformation of this humble material you will enjoy visiting The greenUPGRADER website. Here you will find articles relating to living the Green Lifestyle and a neat way to twist your newspaper into a new life. Check this out: http://greenupgrader.com/2138/handspun-recycled-newspaper-yarn/
The transformation is lovely. While I'm not sure how much "fun" it is to spin, the resulting product certainly has lots of creative potential.
Thanks for spending time at Studio 24-7. I love hearing from you and if you do any newspaper spinning please let me know.
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